After weeks of troubleshooting, NASA and Boeing officials say they better understand the issues plaguing the Starliner spacecraft, but still aren’t ready to name a return date.
tl;dr
Heat building up inside the thrusters may be causing Teflon seals to bulge, restricting the flow of propellant.
Thanks for the abstract. Is Boeing paying for the extra docking hours at the ISS? Isn’t the docking schedule pretty important to ISS operations? I figured it’s like a train station: precision and efficiency above all, otherwise arrivals stack up and cause cascade failures?
Thanks for the abstract. Is Boeing paying for the extra docking hours at the ISS? Isn’t the docking schedule pretty important to ISS operations? I figured it’s like a train station: precision and efficiency above all, otherwise arrivals stack up and cause cascade failures?